Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-07-21
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visit on Saturday last.
MIR. M. L. Spaulding spent Sunday
last with his family in this city.
Mr.. Lie. Kruger left for Chicago on
the 1880 train Saturday night.
Jim Dineen took in the sights of Du-
buque on Saturday last.
Mr.. Henry SCHNEIDER, of Dubuque
formerly of this city visited his friends
on Sunday last.
Clark Buchner, of Lancaster, has
been visiting, fishing and having good
time generally for the past week with
his cousin LATE Kinney.
Miss Nellie Seaton, of jackson,
Mich. is visiting with her parents. She
attended the Teachers Convention at
Chicago last week and says Chicago
was full of "sign readers and window
gappers.
Mr.. Henry Dries. of Milwaukee, a
brother of Rev. Mr.. Dries. who was for
merly pastor of the st. Andrews church
here is visiting with his friend Andy
Kaltenbaek. Henry graduated this
spring and IS now enjoying his last
vacation, as he will be ordained a priest
at Milwaukee in August next.
Mrs. t. r. Seaton has gone to Can
ton, Dakota to see her father who is a
resident of that city. He has been very
sick aud not expected to live, but was
some better. Mrs. Seaton will be gone
a week or SO.
The doctor book says man should
not exercise on an empty stomach. "
That's just what number of fellows
thought last week, SO they filled up.
Mr.. Cabanis returned home from an
extended visit in the east part of the
state on Saturday last. We are sorry
to have the Prof. leave us, and there
are grave doubts whether our school
board can fill the vacancy with SO
efficient teacher. Mr.. Cabanis has
made many friends here in our city,
and they would like to keep him for
a citizen. but il they have got to lose
him he has their best wishes.
Miss Sadie Coons, Eta Kindrick
and Leo Elscamp who are attending
Prof Showalter' Normal Review school
returned home Friday to spend Satur-
day and Sunday.
pretty pond lilies! haye plucked
them for thee" remarked Harry Van
derbee as he showered an armful of
those beautiful pond lilies that now
cover the top of the ponds in this
neighborhood, into bis best girls lap.
She thinks there's mistake that if it
had not been raining he'd gone up on
the hill with them.
When a man tries to navigate up the
side walk at l:30in the morning and
climbs over the fence instead of open
ing the gate, gets in bed the wrong
way, he generally tells his wife the
next morning that G. d. Streeter was
in our quiet city again telling the good
qualities of the Triumph reaper.
"lt's as fine girl as you'd sec in a
days walk" remarked Jim McGirk as
he set up the cigars Friday evening
Uncle Albert says she's "a daisy"
There was nice quiet fishing party
of FIVE last Friday down on Boice creek.
The Misses Jess Jackson, Fanny OFT,
Anna Kaltenback and Mr.. viii Jack
son and Harry Vanderbee. The other
young man failed to put in his appear
ance so Will had to bait the hooks for
two and he says it demonstrated the
fact that ''three was a crowd, and two
was company"
A social crowd of our young peop 10
have gone to St. Paul. They left last
Tuesday evening on one of the Dimond
10 steamers. The ''crewn was made
up of Misses Min and Matte Jackson
Mile Kinney, Alta Willard, of Living
ston, and Ed and Geo Kinney and Lou
Kruger, The young ladies will visit
awhile in St. Paul and vicinity. Mr..
Ed Kinney will take in the sights of
Duluth. Mimi, while George will visit
an uncle al Fergus Falls, MINI. and
see how the M. DIS start a grave yard.
Mr.. Henry Swales held the lucky
number that won w. L. Grogan's bug
gy Saturday evening he sold the buggy
as soon as he won it for sos. Hank"
played in good luck and we were glad
to see it go that way.
Women and their rights is all the
talk in British Hollow. The women
all turn out to the school meetings, elec-
ted Mrs. j. Cenfeld district clerk, voted
q mill tax free school books, and q
ten months school, Uncle Charlie says
"this country will be run by petticoats,
and they'll bankrupt the government,
While Squire Tom, says they'll vote
free -four, aud candy for the children
Fridays. The women are talking of
having Mrs. Belva Lockwood deliver
her lecture on women's rights at the
hall, but Pete Blindert is afraid to let
them have the hall as the men swear
they'll boycotte his store if he does.
am glad my wife is not living in that
ueighborhood. We are living three
miles from a schoolhouse on the river
bsnks and at the last school meeting
tried to get primary department down
at Van Buren, but failed. She'd take
an active part if she could get chance
and you can bet the district would be
divided or we'd have a school nearer
than it is now. Hoping to see some
thing done for the children that have
to walk so far for their education l re-
main JOHNNIE WARTS.